pistol

[crazychinaman]

My friend is a LEO.Can he buy any pistol that is not CA legal.?If he does can he transfer to himself when he retires.?Or can he sell it to anybody after that.?He has about 3 years to go.

[Lead Waster]

He can buy any pistol he wants without regard to the CA roster. He can buy it for himself personally, he doesn't have to wait until he retires to "transfer it to himself". If he bought it with his own money, it's his. If it's a department purchase, that's different. But I believe LEOs can buy off roster guns FOR THEMSELVES with no issue.

Can he sell it? Yes, he can. But he can't be buying off roster guns for the purpose of reselling them. In fact two cops in Sacramento were arrested for doing just that.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/01/california-sheriff-deputies-accused-illegally-selling-weapons/

But it's reasonable, if your LEO friend bought himself a Gen4 Glock, then sold it when he didn't want it anymore. No problem. If he's doing it every week, then there's a problem. If he tries to claim "Oh, I buy new guns, try them out, then sell them" it might not fly in court. If he buys one or two and sells them, it's reasonable that he might have tried them, hated them, and sold them.

[crazychinaman]

pistol

He can buy any pistol he wants without regard to the CA roster. He can buy it for himself personally, he doesn't have to wait until he retires to "transfer it to himself". If he bought it with his own money, it's his. If it's a department purchase, that's different. But I believe LEOs can buy off roster guns FOR THEMSELVES with no issue.

Can he sell it? Yes, he can. But he can't be buying off roster guns for the purpose of reselling them. In fact two cops in Sacramento were arrested for doing just that.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/01/california-sheriff-deputies-accused-illegally-selling-weapons/

But it's reasonable, if your LEO friend bought himself a Gen4 Glock, then sold it when he didn't want it anymore. No problem. If he's doing it every week, then there's a problem. If he tries to claim "Oh, I buy new guns, try them out, then sell them" it might not fly in court. If he buys one or two and sells them, it's reasonable that he might have tried them, hated them, and sold them.

Thanks